A member without a Copilot license needs Copilot code review on GitHub.com. Is that possible?
Why C is the answer
Yes, on Business and Enterprise plans if an admin enables the policies
Organization members without a license can use code review on GitHub.com on those plans, once an administrator enables it.
In detail
- On Business and Enterprise plans, an admin can enable policies that allow this.
- Check both the plan and the policies.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A designer with no Copilot license opens a pull request. On a Business plan, with the policies enabled, they can still get Copilot code review on GitHub.com.
See it in different ways
stateDiagram-v2 [*] --> Enterprise Enterprise --> Enabled: applies everywhere Enterprise --> Disabled: applies everywhere Enterprise --> Organizations: let organizations decide Organizations --> [*]
flowchart TD
Q{"Are both true?"}
Q -->|"Business or Enterprise plan"| A0["First condition met"]
Q -->|"Admin enabled the policies"| A1["Second condition met"]Key point: Code review can work with no license, if policies allow.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. No, because review is only available inside a supported editor
- Code review is available on GitHub.com.
- B. No, because a license is required for any use of the review feature
- There is a path without a license, through the policies.
- D. Yes, but only on public repositories owned by that same member
- It does not depend on owning public repositories.

